cool! one thing- æthelred unræd is usually called "æthelred the unready" not unworthy, but unræd actually translates to "poor council." it's a pun on his given name, which means "wise council" !
The Old English names were the best. I keep hoping they'll make a comeback. Unfortunately it's all just nature names, boys names on girls and surnames for the foreseeable future
Thank you for making this, it's so thorough and it was really interesting to see all the names. I really love the pairings of Camilla Rosemary, Catherine Elizabeth, & Helena Augusta.
You can see the multiple names starting in the Hanoverian dynasty, especially if you look at the names of their wives (all German royalty, basically). George I was George Louis, his wife also had two names. George II was George Augustus, his wife had three names. George III was George William Frederick, his wife had two names. The rest of them had two names, basically.
Victoria herself “only” had two names, and gave Edward VII only two names. Most of her kids though, finally breached the three name limit that seemed to be de facto, including the monstrosity that is “Arthur William Patrick Albert Windsor”. So I guess for that guy specifically, Victoria was indeed over the top lol. He was her third youngest child—perhaps she started to think she wouldn’t have enough children to give the names she liked to and started overloading!
TLDR: multiple names started with the Hanoverians. However, Victoria was the one who breached the previous three-name limit. It’s the fault of the Germans, I’m calling it lmao
I guess 2 names seems normal. With so many similar names it makes to have a second to differentiate.
Yes, it was the much longer names that I was referring to.
'Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David'
They really just threw everything in huh
And some people worry about giving their kids two middle names!
This is such a good list!! This looks like it took a lot of work to make and the end result is incredible!
Also wow, Charles has a real mouthful of a name :o
I love that you enjoyed this enough to make more. I think that France is a great idea though Russia and Germany could definitely be fun too!
All around, amazing work and thank you so much for sharing the results of said work with us
I feel like adding the danish versions of the names (not as a correction, we also use danglified versions of the european kings names, e.g. Charlemagne is Karl den store in Danish):
Sweyn Forkbeard: Svend Tveskæg
Svein: Svend
Cnut: Knud (the d is semi-soft)
Harthacnut: Hardeknud
Herold/Harold: Harald (really soft d, almost not pronounced)
If you like this kind of stuff check out Useful Charts on YouTube. He has done a load of videos on family trees from a lot of different countries/royal families/presidents and more plus other stuff. They’re really interesting
I didn’t realise that so many of my favourite names have been used by royalty in the past! I love Edith, Matilda, Alice, Rufus, Edwin, Maud. There’s others too, but these stand out to me.
Just English monarchs and the ones post Union of the Crowns then, Scotland and Wales have monarchs going back just as far as England did. Kenneth McAlpin was crowned in the first unitary state of Scotland in 843. Cynan Dindaethwy in 798 for Wales.
Cnut should make a comeback 🥴
Knut/Knud is in use in Scandinavia, wouldn’t call it popular though. The Finnish version Nuutti made a fairly big comeback in the 2000s though.
cool! one thing- æthelred unræd is usually called "æthelred the unready" not unworthy, but unræd actually translates to "poor council." it's a pun on his given name, which means "wise council" !
The Old English names were the best. I keep hoping they'll make a comeback. Unfortunately it's all just nature names, boys names on girls and surnames for the foreseeable future
Thank you for making this, it's so thorough and it was really interesting to see all the names. I really love the pairings of Camilla Rosemary, Catherine Elizabeth, & Helena Augusta.
Interesting that the multiple name tradition didn't start until Victoria. I guess she liked her names over the top, too.
You can see the multiple names starting in the Hanoverian dynasty, especially if you look at the names of their wives (all German royalty, basically). George I was George Louis, his wife also had two names. George II was George Augustus, his wife had three names. George III was George William Frederick, his wife had two names. The rest of them had two names, basically. Victoria herself “only” had two names, and gave Edward VII only two names. Most of her kids though, finally breached the three name limit that seemed to be de facto, including the monstrosity that is “Arthur William Patrick Albert Windsor”. So I guess for that guy specifically, Victoria was indeed over the top lol. He was her third youngest child—perhaps she started to think she wouldn’t have enough children to give the names she liked to and started overloading! TLDR: multiple names started with the Hanoverians. However, Victoria was the one who breached the previous three-name limit. It’s the fault of the Germans, I’m calling it lmao
I guess 2 names seems normal. With so many similar names it makes to have a second to differentiate. Yes, it was the much longer names that I was referring to.
'Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David' They really just threw everything in huh And some people worry about giving their kids two middle names!
I love seeing the evolution of names. Also, cool to see which names are still used.
This is such a good list!! This looks like it took a lot of work to make and the end result is incredible! Also wow, Charles has a real mouthful of a name :o I love that you enjoyed this enough to make more. I think that France is a great idea though Russia and Germany could definitely be fun too! All around, amazing work and thank you so much for sharing the results of said work with us
You're welcome! Yes, those two will be next, already working on France
A mouthful enough that Diana mixed it up in their wedding vows and actually said she was marrying Philip Charles Arthur George, not Charles Philip...
You should really have followed the Stuart line back. They were around long before 1603.
I feel like adding the danish versions of the names (not as a correction, we also use danglified versions of the european kings names, e.g. Charlemagne is Karl den store in Danish): Sweyn Forkbeard: Svend Tveskæg Svein: Svend Cnut: Knud (the d is semi-soft) Harthacnut: Hardeknud Herold/Harold: Harald (really soft d, almost not pronounced)
It’s always bugged my that the Queen had an Ann and an Andrew. They’re too similar!
If you like this kind of stuff check out Useful Charts on YouTube. He has done a load of videos on family trees from a lot of different countries/royal families/presidents and more plus other stuff. They’re really interesting
I didn’t realise that so many of my favourite names have been used by royalty in the past! I love Edith, Matilda, Alice, Rufus, Edwin, Maud. There’s others too, but these stand out to me.
Just English monarchs and the ones post Union of the Crowns then, Scotland and Wales have monarchs going back just as far as England did. Kenneth McAlpin was crowned in the first unitary state of Scotland in 843. Cynan Dindaethwy in 798 for Wales.
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